Error in Truespel dictionary?

[Joel S. Berson]

I checked with myself:  It seems like "prin-cess".  But I don't hear
a T in my "prince" either.

Joel from NYC.

At 4/6/2008 10:34 AM, Katharine The Grate wrote:
>I checked with my family.   We don't.   "princess" just slides off like
>"prinsis"
>
>Katharine in N. California
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>I tested "prince" and "princess" on the Truespel site. The first came
>back as "prints" but the second came back as "prinsis". AFAIK, it is
>nearly impossible for nearly all English speakers to pronounce
>"prinsis" without a /t/ sound. BB
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